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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1918
Page
2
Government went agents. Will be receiving WV mneat at all stations wint Ainestm in Forbes Histriets. Wheat growers are pik ab loovrHe, or porsamatty nturvian diet. Larnt Agent WON. WALICNL ear Railway Station, Forbes.
Judge Kolia in No 1 Industrial Court limited a wage extension for the wheat lumping and stacking industry case brought by Mewin Walker and Company. He noted prospects for wheat in the state are poor and lowered rates from 7d to 6d for certain tasks after considering rising costs and transport.
A garbled Sydney poultry market item mentions Patton, the municipal market, and unclear figures from a Helwy Street firm. The readable bits hint at prices or changes and a July or Friday reference, but the text remains largely unreadable with missing names and dates.
A scrambled string of letters and words with no clear events or named entities. The legible content is minimal and lacks coherent facts for a proper news item.
The article notes strong fallow crop yields near Condabolin with 224 point rainfall to date and examples from Currawa Floronen and Canberra areas showing hay and straw production. It discusses a 73 bushel per acre average for certain plots, mentions 1000 acres potentially yielding more, and references issues with unfallowed land and season conditions.
A garbled OCR passage mentions names like My Paik Wang and Me Janit Mis Weve, with scattered references to travel, hospitals, and places. The text reads as a stream of disjointed phrases about ownership, caretaking, and various individuals, but lacks coherent events or a clear narrative.
Jim Price, longtime handicapper in the Southern Districts Racing Association, has adjusted weights for about fifty years. Known as Old Jim Price, he rose from saddling trades in Camden to become a respected official in the Southern Districts region, famed for his sharp eye and sturdy memory of racing days and bushranger tales.
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